A figure close to the UAE government has published the alleged contents of Trump's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader citing informed sources, Asr Iran reported on March 21.
The details of the letter come as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 21 said that the US should not threaten Iran if it wanted negotiations in his Nowruz speech to the faithful at the home of Ruhollah Khomeini in north Tehran.
Dr Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political science professor with close ties to the UAE government, revealed in a tweet what he described as the key parts of Trump's letter to Khamenei.
According to Abdulla, Trump's demands include dismantling Iran's nuclear programme, stopping uranium enrichment, ceasing weapons shipments to the Houthis, ending financial support for Hezbollah, and dissolving Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces groups.
The letter reportedly gives Iran two months to implement these demands, promising that the US would lift sanctions and end Iran's isolation if the conditions are met.
The alternative to negotiations is described as "extensive military action". The Emirati figure claims Trump has proposed the UAE as the venue for negotiations with Iran.
“More than one source confirmed that the message contained a warning to Tehran that it could face massive military action unless it agreed to negotiate a new nuclear agreement, with the proposed US-Iranian meeting to be held in the UAE,” he wrote in Arabic
The report comes amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States following Trump's return to the White House and his reinstatement of the "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.
Neither Iranian nor American officials have officially confirmed the contents of this letter, which follows earlier reports that Trump had sent a message to Iran's Supreme Leader.
Following the report, Iranian Foreign Minister and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed the latest regional developments in a telephone call, focusing particularly on the escalation of what Iran terms "genocide" in Gaza and US military strikes against Yemen, IRIB News Agency reported on March 21.
Araghchi condemned what he described as Israeli crimes in Gaza, stating that they violated the ceasefire and massacred hundreds of innocent Palestinians. He also denounced US military aggression against Yemen.